The Yearling
by Clarence Brown
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Actor: Chill Wills, Claude Jarman Jr., Clem Bevans, Gregory Peck, Jane WymanDirector: Clarence Brown
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Arthur E. Arling
Cinematographer: Charles Rosher
Cinematographer: Leonard Smith
Producer: Sidney Franklin
Writer: John Lee Mahin
Writer: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Writer: Paul Osborn
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 128 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-09-03
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of The Yearling
DVD Review: A tender growing of age story
Summary: 5 Stars
The YEARLING, is a wonderful story of a family living in the post Civil War era of Florida.(1870's) Gregory Peck is the "Pa" to Jody (Claude Jarman, Jr) who shows him how to hunt bears, plant crops, & wonderful storytelling at nite."Ma" is Jane Wyman who holds the whole family together, whose greatest wish is to have a well nearer the house. Jody grows to love a fawn whose mother was sacrificed to save Pa after he was bitten by a rattle snake, while hunting. Jody eventually names the fawn Flag, after his special friend dies who loves animals himself. But with growth comes anguish, Flag eats the crops. Jody builds a fence that Flag sails over to eat the second planting. Ma & Pa insist that Flag go. Well, I wont tell the whole story. This is DEFINITELY a family movie,showing the trials & tribulations of love & letting go.DVD Review: A Gentle Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember watching this in the 1950's as a child and barely able to understand the movie's themes. The ending is what I kept in my mind for many, many years. It is not a flashy, special effects movie and I can certainly understand most people finding it boring compared to the fast paced movies common today.
This is a gentle movie with each actor playing their part to reflect accurately the characters in the book. The young actor who was chosen for Jody does not play Jody, he is Jody. One of the most moving scenes in addition to where Jody shots Flag is the scene with Jody and Fodderwing in the tree house. A quiet classic one should listen and watch with care. The yearling is also a metaphor to Jody with the yearling's death, Jody's loss of childhood is reflected in this. Even to this day, I become misty eyed at the ending. A quiet classic.
DVD Review: Wonderful old-fashioned deeply human film
Summary: 5 Stars
I've heard about this film all my life but somehow never saw it. When I found it on the library shelf recently I took it, but then decided to return it unseen. I thought it would be a silly, overly sentimental kids' movie. I'm certainly glad that I gave it a chance.
At first I watched because the scenery was pretty but it didn't take long for me to get completely involved in the story. Gregory Peck plays the nicest man in the world (!) and he sure looks good, too. Over and over we are charmed and awed by his strength and goodness as he copes with a cold blooded wife and their sensitive young son. Jane Wyman is excellent as the wife who has closed her heart to all hope of happiness and joy after having lost three children. Claude Jarmen Jr. is amazing as Jody, the son and certainly deserved his special Oscar.
There is so much wisdom in the story as the family meets life raw and unprotected by the comforts we all enjoy. The boy, especially, must deal with the death of his only friend, (who is beautifully played by another superb child actor), the coldness of his mother, and by his deep love for his fawn, Flag. "Pa" has the wisdom of Buddha and the compassion of Christ as he shepherds his young son through the agonies of his growing-up year. The relationship of father and son is deeply touching.
It's not just a family film or a cute animal film--it's a classic, with depth enough for all ages.
DVD Review: More memories of childhood
Summary: 5 Stars
As is true for my review of Cross Crek, the film restores memories of childhood in Florda. Palmettos, small deer, etc. were part of my youth, and the filming was done so exquisitely, that it was almost like being back there again.DVD Review: Heartbreaking, but . . .
Summary: 5 Stars
Life isn't easy and "Jody," finds out just how heartbreaking it can be at a young age. The movie shows, also, that life goes on no matter what, and hardships and heartbreak can be overcome. This movie is tough to watch in parts, but it teaches many of life's most difficult lessons.
Gregory Peck does a fine job as "Pa." "Jody" is wonderful.
A movie you shouldn't miss seeing.
Description of The Yearling
Life abounds in the 1870s Florida scrubland that's home to young Jody Baxter. There are bears to hunt, cash crops to plant, evenings of storytelling with Pa and Ma... and there are timeless lessons of love and letting go that Jody learns from Flag, the orphaned pet fawn that follows him around with devotion.Child actor Claude Jarman Jr. won a Special Oscar for his lead performance as the boy hero of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' novel, which concerns a lad's love of a fawn in the post-Civil War era. Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman are memorable as his parents, their emotions divided in the aftermath of so much tragedy and their lives affected by the boy's passion for his yearling. Clarence Brown (National Velvet) directed this 1946 heartbreaker, which will not leave a dry eye in the room. A handsome, leisurely drama at more than two hours, shorter versions simply don't cut it. --Tom Keogh
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